Job summary
- Main area
- Pharmacy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- 14 months (Fixed term to July 2027)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
- Job ref
- 354-CO-21920
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Combe Valley Hospital
- Town
- Bexhill on Sea
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/06/2026 08:00
Employer heading
Specialist Pharmacist Mental Health
NHS AfC: Band 7
Come and join us
We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.
At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
We recognise that tools like AI are becoming part of everyday life and you may choose to use them when preparing your application. We welcome this, as long as what you submit reflects your own experience, skills and voice. AI can be helpful for structuring or refining your answers, but it should not replace your own examples or create content that isn’t based on your real experience.
Our recruitment process is designed to get to know you, and we’ll explore your examples further at interview, so it’s important your application genuinely represents what you bring. You can read more about using AI in applications and interviews on our recruitment process page.
We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you enthusiastic and passionate about improving the lives of patients with mental health conditions, then a role as a specialist pharmacist in our Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Trust could be right for you. We have an exciting opportunity for an innovative, skilled clinical pharmacist to work as a core member of in-patient and community teams across East Sussex, being based at our new hospital.
Combe Valley - a new mental health hospital for Bexhill :: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
You should have an interest in working within a specialist mental health service, an understanding of the medicines used and patients we care for.
The post holder will be supported to undertake further accreditation and training as appropriate, and there are many opportunities to develop the role and service to in-patient wards.
You will be joining a friendly, supportive pharmacy team which is highly regarded in the Trust. This role represents a great opportunity to start or continue a career in mental health and can lead to future senior roles.
The pharmacy leadership team is committed to education and training of the pharmacy workforce and will provide access to external training (including the introductory College of Mental Health Pharmacy Psych 1 and Psych 2 programme).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a clinical pharmacy and medicines optimisation service to ensure patients get the best from their medicines, have a strong commitment to medicines education and training so that patients, pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals are well informed and able to manage their use of medicines correctly, safely and cost effectively.
The role will support the safe and effective use of medicines within the service, working closely with the pharmacy staff within the East Sussex locality of Sussex Partnership, and as part of the wider service MDT and Trust wide pharmacy team.
The role requires an excellent clinical communicator with an interest in patient facing and multidisciplinary team working. In addition, the appraisal of clinical evidence and generation of high quality pharmacotherapeutic advice to support colleagues will feature as a core part of working.
Working for our organisation
Sussex Partnership is one of the largest mental health trusts in the UK. We are a friendly and committed pharmacy team, who are keen to support the wellbeing of our patients and each other.
About us
As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
You can expect:
- Access to full psychological support, the wellbeing team
- Excellent supervision programmes.
- Flexible working opportunities
- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- A position within a trust rated as Outstanding for caring and Good overall by the CQC
- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
- Excellent NHS Pension Scheme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact to discuss further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification. If you have any queries please feel free to contact to discuss further.
We’re excited to be bringing a new medicines supply service in-house later in 2026—an important step that creates fresh opportunities for innovation, skill development, and career progression across our team. This Pharmacy Hub will be situated at our Swandean site in Worthing. This change will also strengthen how we support our trainee pharmacy professionals on their career journeys. As we grow our dispensary function, all staff will play a key role in supporting the implementation and delivery of this service while we recruit into new dispensary roles, helping to shape a dynamic and collaborative working environment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Pharmacy from British University or recognised equivalent
- GPhC registration
Desirable criteria
- Membership to College of Mental Health Pharmacists (CMHP)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy Practice
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in clinical pharmacy practice
- Experience in carrying out Medicines Information queries, for both verbal and written specialist advice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Trudie Morgan
- Job title
- Divisional Pharmacy Professional Lead E. Sx
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07876740121
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